A NEW radio station for Rugby will be run by a consortium involving the Rugby Evening Telegraph, it was announced today.

The winners of the franchise to run RUGBY FM, the station supported by thousands of Rugby people during airwave trials, was finally revealed this morning.

The Evening Telegraph, in conjunction with the Milestone Group, the CN Group and Hinckley and Rugby Building Society, is behind the successful Rugby Broadcasting Company licence bid, announced by the Radio Authority.

RUGBY FM chairman Barry Hunt, the building society chief executive and chairman of the Rugby Town Centre Partnership, said: ?We are simply delighted that RUGBY FM will now be able to achieve its ambition of providing a full-time service dedicated to the people of Rugby.?

The company will consult Rugby people again to ensure RUGBY FM becomes the voice of the people.

Delighted Rugby Evening Telegraph editor Alan Kirby said: ?This is fantastic news. It is another way in which the Evening Telegraph can expand its work in the community as a whole and work for the Rugby people.?